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From 4-15 June 2018, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) conducted four sessions of its Improvised Medical Techniques (IMT) training course for UNFICYP’s military and police personnel. Each session stretches over…
On 14 June, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Bintou Keita, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, met Albanian Prime Minister Edi…
Earlier in the week, on 12 June, ASG Keita and SRSG Tanin met in Pristina with Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Behgjet Isa Pacolli. The Pristina…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 19 June 2018 “The Plight and Rights of Children Born of War” Sexual violence in conflict is a threat to our collective security and a stain on our common humanity. Its effects can echo across generations…
Wearing full safety gear, a UNIFIL combat engineer shows how dangerous demining is. In a recent Mine Risk Education (MRE) day, hundreds of young school children from the Tyre district participated in a variety of activities…
- International Day of Peace
The International Day of Peace, observed every year on 21 September, embodies our shared aspiration to end conflict in all its forms and to safeguard the human rights of all people. It is a day on which the United Nations…
School children in Malakal are all smiles. UNMISS peacekeepers from Rwanda have rebuilt their kitchen and installed fuel-efficient stoves to facilitate cooking. “Bring us cooking oil!” The group of girls breaks out into…
Cows, though not necessarily the ones pictured here, sometimes eat where they are not supposed to, leading to conflicts between farmers and cattle herders. An agreement implemented between farming and cattle herder…
Cows, though not necessarily the ones pictured here, sometimes eat where they are not supposed to, leading to conflicts between farmers and cattle herders. An agreement implemented between farming and cattle herder…
Impunity should not be allowed to continue in South Sudan’s Unity region, says Shearer after visit Joyful songs and dancing greet the arrival of the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan to Ganyiel, located in the north of…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL Albinism is a genetic condition that affects people throughout the world, regardless of race, ethnicity or gender. Yet, tragically, people with albinism continue to suffer widespread discrimination…